Systems and methods for pre-calculating information regarding interactions between objects during a simulation

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:
• simulating a movement of a vehicle along a track to which the vehicle is constrained, wherein the movement of the vehicle is simulated as a one-dimensional distance from a reference location;
• receiving an interaction indicator corresponding to the one-dimensional distance from the reference location exceeding a distance threshold associated with a first end of a ride component;
• determining a simulated interaction overlap between the vehicle and the ride component based at least on one or more of the distance threshold, the one-dimensional distance from the reference location, or a vehicle length of the vehicle;
• and
• executing a simulation of an interaction between the vehicle and the ride component based at least on the simulated interaction overlap.

A computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:

• simulating a movement of a vehicle along a track to which the vehicle is constrained, wherein the movement of the vehicle is simulated as a one-dimensional distance from a reference location;
• receiving an interaction indicator corresponding to the one-dimensional distance from the reference location exceeding a distance threshold associated with a first end of a ride component;
• determining a simulated interaction overlap between the vehicle and the ride component based at least on one or more of the distance threshold, the one-dimensional distance from the reference location, or a vehicle length of the vehicle;
• and
• executing a simulation of an interaction between the vehicle and the ride component based at least on the simulated interaction overlap.